shuttle
verbHow many syllables in shuttle?
There are 2 syllables in the word shuttle.How to pronounce shuttle:
Definition of shuttle:
- shuttle (verb):
- to travel back and forth
- travel back and forth between two points.
Synonyms for shuttle:
alternate
commute
go
go back and forth
go to and fro
locomote
ply
seesaw
shunt
travel
Antonyms for shuttle:
deny
discourage
dissuade
free
hold
keep
keep secret
leave
lengthen
let go
lose
maintain
neglect
receive
refrain
refuse
release
retain
stop
take
withhold
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- sprinkling
- reproached
- reposed
- nausea
- mildness
- fulcrum
- disrupt
- Celtic
- springtime
- rewrap
- devours
- apace
- combing
- tannish
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- succoured
- distanced
- towered
- modest
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- gaging
- bakkie
- unbound
- sweetness
- dearer
- crunchy
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